Ad Platform Manager, Programmatic

Sell what you love. For us and millions of users across the globe, that’s Spotify. Join the Sales team and you’ll build the relationships that help grow our business in existing markets and beyond. We don’t just sell creative solutions to our clients and partners, we help to shape them; using our expert knowledge of ad products, sales channels and the industry to impact the way the world experiences music and podcasts. 

We are looking for a highly motivated and process-driven individual to join our Ads Platform Operations team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the operations of our fast-growing Programmatic business. You will be responsible for collaborating with sales, yield, and product to improve our revenue opportunities for this channel and ensure we maintain a stable ecosystem. In this newly created role, you will have the ability to transform our processes and contribute to the efficient growth of the Ad business. Above all, your work will impact the way the world experiences music.

• Support all technical rollouts of automated channels and exchanges, including but not limited to Programmatic PG, PMP, and OA in Spotify-owned and operated ad tech or 3P ad tech  
• Project management in partnership with Product, and Product Marketing, for designing testing architecture, and functionality in Spotify-owned and operated ad tech or 3P ad tech 
• Ad server management and setup for automated buying channels
• Lead technical platform  troubleshooting/QA and escalations, as an intermediary between tech partners and internal teams to improve revenue, ensure the stability of our ad echo system, and manage issues with material impact to demand on automated channels 
• Manage and complete end-of-month reconciliation with Accounting for the programmatic channels 
• Key Expert on partners and how they function in the Spotify internal/external ads ecosystem 
• Scale knowledge, information and data for easy access and understanding focus on operational tasks -- Framework, Documentation, Centralization. 
• Work collaboratively with sales leadership on strategic programmatic deals and country launches 
• Attend weekly and monthly cross-functional meetings as required 
• Identify deal opportunities for un-filled inventory with advertisers/partners
• Educate/Train Automation Sales Heads/Teams on new buying functionalities and tactics, ensure proper marketplace representations and activation strategy across all buyers.
• Provide oversight and guidance on the Global Automation training program for sales in partnership with the Global Training team and Automation Sales. 
• Macro analysis of deals identifying trends in buyer behavior and identifying key deals that are displaying opportunities for additional dollars or potential campaign issues

• You have 6+ years of experience in digital advertising working with Google Ad Manager, ad exchanges and SSP companies.
• You have a deep knowledge of programmatic advertising space, header bidding, publisher products, SSPs, and DSPs, especially industry trends and challenges.
• You are customer focused product thinking in all areas listed above 
• You have the ability to identify product requests and experience diagnosing and resolving technical issues directly with Product teams.
• You have a deep understanding of how media (display, audio and video) is bought, sold, and delivered programmatically across all platforms and devices. Inclusive of integrations types API, Tag, and Sever to sever. 
• You have knowledge/proficiency of SQL and big data systems 
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate across a broad range of technical and non-technical people.

• We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the US region as long as we have a work location. 
• This team operates within the EST time zone for collaboration

The United States base range for this position is $115,700 - $165,286 plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays, paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.